Romans 15:15-18
15:15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God
15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve
the gospel of God
like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering,
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
15:17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
Romans 15:1
Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak
15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
Colossians 1:17
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
Galatians 2:7-8
2:7 On the contrary, when they saw
that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised
just as Peter was to the circumcised
2:8 (for he who empowered
Peter for his apostleship
to the circumcised
also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)
Ephesians 3:2
3:2 if indeed
you have heard of the stewardship
of God’s grace that was given to me for you,